Taizō Fukami

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Le...

No Regrets for Our Youth

After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime u...

Crazed Fruit

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and...

Snow Trail

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high...

Sisters of the Gion

A geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto feels obliged to help her lover when he asks to stay with her after goin...

White Beast

Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation facility.

Town of Violence

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the l...

The Third Will

A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passin...

The Battle of Kawanakajima

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle...

An Enemy of the People

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

Iemitsu and Hikoza

A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer...

The Lady of Musashino

In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger...

Escape at Dawn

Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt...

Chikagai nijuyojikan

1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai

The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords

The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film featur...

The Burning Sky

The film was produced during Second Sino-Japanese War, before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941. The film mainly...

The Fencing Master

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasing...

Sky of Hope

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples...

The Man Who Waited

A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his...

Towering Waves

A young prosecutor named Takao falls in love with Yoriko, only to discover that her husband is the target of hi...

The Street Without Sun

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large...

Red Pier

Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a cran...

Story of Leadership

In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently trai...

Mahiru no wana

On his way to Tokyo one night, a truck driver picks up a country girl and has his way with her amidst a forest....

Temptation

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One...

Ichiyo Higuchi

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

The Town

Eight Hours of Terror

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

Shroud of Snow

1930. In splendid snowy settings, the trials and pain of a woman married to a man who maintains a relationship...

Mother Never Dies

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

Keshin

1962 Japanese movie

Itahachi shima

Japanese movie

Travelling Actors

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

Nangoku taiheiki

Japanese film.

Semyonov's Gold Ingots

Ippei, a bored private detective hears from his assistant Hideko an interesting story that General Semyonov who...